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[1] 1862
Hampton va
friday March 28

Dear wife
sisters and Brothers
i now take the opurtunity
of wrighting a few lines
to you hoping thay will
finde you all well as
thay leave us all at present
we hav mooved out since
i wrote last too mile out
of the cittey of hampton
i will hav to make my
letter shorte this time as
i am on garde i should
like to hav wrote you a
good letter but as this
may be the last chance
i may hav fore some days
thay say the male is to
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be stoped fore several
days to come we expect
to moove everey so that it
will be verey bad fore
malind letters

S[o] no more at present
frome your affectnate
yo Husband Wm Band
to his wife M A Band
i will wright the
first chance i hav